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to get the better of in a contest
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  • Sé ðe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt,

      Past. 218, 17: Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, ll. Hé
    eallne þone here áhtlíce ofercóm, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 3.

  • Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór,

      Lch. i. 202, 13.

  • Ne mihte hé geþencan hú hé hí mid ǽnige cræfte ofercuman sceolde, Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 24. (1 a)

    to overcome in argument :-- Ofercuóm conuincit (Judaeos de baptismo Johannis interrogando ),

      Mk. p. 4, 19.
of some physical or mental force or influence,
to overpower, exhaust, render helpless
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  • Swongornes hí ofsit and hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ,

      Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 34.

  • Þá wǽron Cartainiense swá ofercumene and swá gedréfde betux him selfum

    fessi tot malis Carthaginienses,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 5.
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  • Ofercymeð

    superueniet,

      Lk. L. R. 21, 35.

  • Ofercymað (-cumað, R. )

    superueniant,

      Lk. L. 21, 34.

  • Ofercymmas (-cumað,

      R. ), 26.

  • Ofercuómon

    (supervenerunt)

    scioppo of ðǽm londe néh ðǽr stóue.
      Jn. L. R.6, 23.

  • Ꝥte ofercuóme

    superuenisse,

      Jn. p. 1. 14.
in the following instance the verb seems to govern the genitive
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  • Crístenra manna God, þæs wuldorge[wor]ces náne mennisce searwa ofercuman ne magon,

      Angl. xvii. 121, 6.
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v. un-ofercumen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-cuman.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/56123.

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